UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
SHARED PARTNERSHIP,
Case No. 22-cv-02366-RS Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANT’S v. MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT, RULING ON
META PLATFORMS, INC., ADMINISTRATIVE MOTIONS TO
FILE UNDER SEAL, AND DENYING Defendant. MOTIONS TO EXCLUDE EXPERT TESTIMONY
I. INTRODUCTION Shared, an online content publisher, brought this suit over Meta’s averred misrepresentations in the social media company’s advertising policies. Shared allegedly spent approximately $53 million (CAD) on Facebook advertising before Meta, which owns the platform, removed Shared from Facebook in October 2020. While Shared initially raised both breach of contract and fraud-based claims for relief, only its fraudulent inducement and California Unfair Competition Law (“UCL”) claims remain.…